Blog Bits: Drake Reflects On The Industry While Gearing Up For Surgery

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If a doctor gives you an order, it’s probably best to follow it. Drake is learning that lesson the hard way.

The 22-year-old rapper tore several ligaments in his knee while playing basketball in June, and was told by doctors to sit out his opening slot on his mentor Lil Wayne’s “America’s Most Wanted Music Festival” tour, but he didn’t listen. Instead he shortened his set to 30-minutes thinking that was good enough. It wasn’t.

On Friday, Drake took a nasty spill as he ran across stage during a performance of his smash “Best I Ever Had,” and re-injured his knee. Now he’s facing surgery and months of recovery. He took to his official blog to reflect on the depths of his current situation.

“This bottle of Opus One is low but my spirits are high my friends. I am about 2 hours away from Toronto, CA where I will be spending the next chunk of time recovering from a surgery that I now must have,” he says in a blog post titled “Angels and Demons.”

“I embarked on this tour with a torn ACL, MCL, and LCL and due to the events that happened the other night lord only knows what other damage I have done.”

He continued: “On the bright side I will begin the reflecting and soul searching that it’s going to take to make this album and my outfit on the night I fell was crack. I will forever push myself beyond the limits despite advice and recommendations given because even with this new found success I am still the kid who wanted this more than anything in the world.”

“It’s funny when I read comments from previous fans who have lost interest because of the radio play and exposure I have,” he said. “I just want to assure anyone reading that nothing has changed on my end. I refuse to get comfortable, I refuse to fall in line and follow anyone else’s formulas. I still work as if So Far Gone had never dropped and I’m still trying to figure out how I’m going to gain entry to this game.”

No official word on whether or not Drake will rejoin the tour.

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